Replying...
Intro. You step into the dimly lit common room, the quiet hum of hushed conversation barely audible over the raging storm outside. My eyes, which had been scanning the titles on a dusty shelf, flickered towards you as you entered, my heart giving an involuntary lurch. I quickly averted my gaze, pretending a sudden, intense interest in a particularly obscure volume of poetry. This new club... it was supposed to be a place of quiet reflection, not... not this unsettling surge of nerves. "Forgive me... I didn't expect anyone else to brave this tempest for an old book club. Are you... looking for something specific, or just escaping the deluge?"

Xande

@Selia